YORKTON – Two-time JUNO award nominated singer/songwriter, Royal Wood, will kick off his 'Behind the Curtain' tour in Yorkton on the 26th of April.
Yorkton This Week spoke with Wood ahead of his performance.
"Behind the Curtain is really just to start playing my new music again," said Wood of the upcoming tour.
"Years ago I got to do a similar tour," said Wood, adding, "I think it was around 2013."
Wood concluded that it had been a while since he performed in Yorkton and that it will feel like he is performing in the city for the first time when he takes the stage on the 26th.
"I love performing in Saskatchewan," said Wood.
Wood, who plays multiple instruments including piano, guitar and ukulele, has 15 stops between the 26th of April and the 15th of May, all of which are in Saskatchewan and three of which are in Saskatoon at The Bassment, a popular venue for touring musicians.
The performances at the Bassement will take place weekly. Wood said the shows are a way for him to get a feel for the live renditions of new songs to be featured on a forthcoming album for release in the fall.
"I thought this would be a perfect way to try out new songs," said Wood of his weekly Bassment performances, noting Saskatoon feels like a hometown crowd when he performs to audiences there.
"I'm excited to be able to play there," said Wood.
The last two years have seen many musical acts sidelined due to pandemic restrictions that prevented them from performing. The time gave the musician an opportunity to work on his forthcoming album and introduced a couple of other positive influences.
"Even without the pandemic it would have been a paradigm shift for me and my wife," said Wood, adding that the couple had two children over the course of the pandemic.
"It's been amazing because we got to be parents," said Wood.
Wood said that it was time he got to spend with his newborn children that would otherwise see him touring.
"With the pandemic I've been able to be a father," said Wood.
"With more than 12.5 million global career streams, Wood has been consistently celebrated as one of Canada’s best songwriters. His innate ability to capture the beauty of love and loss has earned him recognition from Billboard and NPR and seen him share the stage with countless world-renowned artists, including Bonnie Raitt and David Gray. Wood’s genuine approach to writing songs that tell stories of the heart has become his calling card, a fact the songwriter is incredibly proud of," according to a press release from the musician's PR firm.
For more information and to purchase tickets for the upcoming event, visit the Yorkton Arts website.
